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90278

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many arrests HM Revenue and Customs has made in (a) Medway and (b) Kent for offences relating to the sale of illicit cigarettes in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	207962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Criminal Investigation (CI) is responsible for carrying out enforcement action to seize non duty paid alcohol and cigarettes, be they illicit or otherwise. Our Management Information (MI) does not differentiate between the different types of cigarettes or alcohol and we do not provide data on a regional basis, only national statistics. HMRC CI do record the number of arrests made but again this data is not differentiated between the different types of cigarettes or alcohol and we do not provide data on a regional basis only national statistics.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is not responsible for making an application to the courts for the revoking of a trader’s retail alcohol licence: that remains the responsibility of the appropriate Trading Standards office. Normally Trading Standards Officers will accompany HMRC CI officers when they visit a premises suspected of having non duty paid or illicit tobacco or alcohol products. If such products are found, then they can evidence the fact and take such action they deem appropriate. HMRC CI MI does not capture such referrals nor the results of any action that may be taken by the appropriate authority.</p><p> </p><p>Similarly HMRC are not responsible for terminating a traders National Lottery Licence: that remains the responsibility of Camelot. Where HMRC CI seize non paid or illicit tobacco or alcohol products, there is a protocol for Camelot to be notified so they can take such action they deem appropriate. HMRC CI MI does not capture such referrals nor the results of any action that may be taken by the appropriate authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 207963 207964 question first answered 05/09/2014 12:54:56 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

89475

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Textiles: Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to boost textile manufacturing in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	207526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>This Government is committed to strong and sustainable growth that is balanced across the economy. Manufacturing, including textile manufacturing, is a vital part of this. Textile manufacturing has received direct support from the Government; including awarding £12.8m of grant funding to the Textiles Growth Programme through the Regional Growth Fund, which is being used to support capital investment, training, and research and development in the textile industry.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Textile manufacturing, and indeed all manufacturing, in the UK is also being supported by various measures announced in the most recent Budget. This includes increasing the Annual Investment Allowance to £500,000 until 31 December 2015, raising the rate of the R&amp;D tax credit payable to loss making SMEs to 14.5%, and the package of measures to reduce manufacturers’ energy bills and improve UK competitiveness.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/09/2014 14:02:30 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

89483

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fracking: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of potential tax revenue to the Exchequer from shale gas and oil products in each region and constituent part of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Eric Ollerenshaw
uin	207431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>Reports by the British Geological Survey’s clearly demonstrate the potential for shale gas in the UK. Shale gas has the potential to increase our energy security, generate growth and support thousands of jobs, and the government is doing everything it can to support the safe and sustainable development of shale gas. This is why we introduced the onshore allowance, to incentivise investment in onshore oil and gas projects and kick-start exploration. Last year, the industry also announced that local communities would receive £100,000 when a test well is fracked – and a further 1 per cent of revenues if shale gas is discovered.</p><p> </p><p>More work is needed to determine the extent of the gas that can be technically and commercially recovered. While there is clearly potential for shale gas to provide substantial revenue to the Exchequer in the future, no forecasts have been produced on the scale or timing of the revenue.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/09/2014 13:55:43 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4141 label Biography information for Eric Ollerenshaw

89487

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Aggregates Levy: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the European Commission to make a decision on the Aggregate Credit Levy scheme.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	207469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>On 7<sup>th</sup> August 2014, the European Commission released a short summary of their decision on the Aggregates Levy Credit scheme. The full decision will be released by the commission in the coming weeks once commercially sensitive information has been redacted.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 03/09/2014 13:50:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

89488

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Aggregates Levy: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has held with European Commission officials on the Aggregate Credit Levy scheme.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	207470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>Officials have been in regular discussions with the European Commission in regards to their decision on the Aggregates Credit Levy Scheme. Further to this on 7<sup>th</sup> August 2014, the European Commission released a short summary of their decision on the investigation in to the compatibility of the scheme with State Aid guidelines. Their decision finds that the aid met the Environmental Aid Guidelines. The full, detailed, decision will be published once commercially sensitive information has been redacted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/09/2014 14:00:15 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

89993

registered interest
date	26/08/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the level of employment.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	905064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>There are record numbers of people in work, and since the Coalition came into power employment has increased by 1.8 million. The latest data shows unemployment falling at the fastest annual pace for more than 25 years, and the largest fall in youth unemployment ever on record. Over 2 million private sector jobs have been created since early 2010, meaning that for every public sector job lost over 5 have been created in the private sector.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/09/2014 14:45:18 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

78371

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Self-employed: Preston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Preston constituency were self-employed and in receipt of working tax credit in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	206321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table is based on finalised tax credits administrative data for each financial year. The latest data available are 2012-13.</p><p> </p><p>Preston Constituency</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>Thousands</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td><p>Number of families in receipt of tax credits containing at least one member identified as self-employed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 28/07/2014 10:53:43 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

77857

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will lower tax duty on cigarettes.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	205907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Budget 2014 announced that tobacco duty rates will continue to rise by 2% above RPI each year until the end of the next Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/07/2014 13:07:30 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

77858

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the direct financial benefit of the abolition of air passenger duty bands C and D to airports in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	205812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The abolition of Air Passenger Duty bands C and D cuts up to £52 per passenger off the cost of a journey originating in Northern Ireland, including connecting flights.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/07/2014 13:18:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

77859

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs has spent on Tackling Tobacco Smuggling strategy in each year since 2010-11; how many of his Department's staff worked on implementing that strategy in each such year; and how many such staff were engaged in (a) detection, (b) intelligence-gathering and analysis, (c) investigations and (d) the provision of legal advice.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	206017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide the requested breakdown of the total HM Revenue and Customs spent on salaries for staff employed on tackling tobacco smuggling in the way requested. The total costs for each year are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Salary Cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£37.044</p></td><td><p>£36.882</p></td><td><p>£35.734</p></td><td><p>£37.731</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs does not operate any x-ray scanners. Border Force has responsibility for the operation of x-ray scanners as part of the joint strategy to tackle tobacco smuggling.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs total expenditure on tobacco work since 2010-11 is detailed in the table below. This includes administration and policy, as well as enforcement.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMRC Activity</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2013-14</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total expenditure on tobacco work (millions)</p></td><td><p>£65.750</p></td><td><p>£68.918</p></td><td><p>£67.641</p></td><td><p>£76.000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide the staff information in the format requested. However, the total figures are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMRC Activity</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>832</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the year 2012/13, the UK cigarette illicit market was reported at 9%, which is half the level seen a decade ago. The illicit market share for hand-rolling tobacco is 36%, lower than in 2010/11 and significantly lower than the level seen in 2008/09, when it was 50 per cent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 206015 206016 question first answered 18/08/2014 09:57:52 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger